A VERY EXTRAORDINARY SORT OF GIRL
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
She could take a leaf upon a tree and turn it into gold
Just as she could take a piece of rope which on it's own will fold
You see, she's a very extraordinary sort of girl
Why don't you take a stone and eat it just as if it were a cake
You could be surprised to see the sort of things that she can make
You see, she's a very extraordinary sort of girl
Who is just the same as you and she
In every way with quality she's perfect
But if you take her out
Remember she can break your heart in two
But she'll put it back, glue it together, make it look brand new
You see, she's a very extraordinary sort of girl
Why don't you take a stone and eat it just as if it were a cake
You could be surprised to see the sort of things that she can make
You see, she's a very extraordinary sort of girl
Who is just the same as you and she
In every way with quality she's perfect
But if you take her out
Remember she can break your heart in two
But she'll put it back, glue it together, make it look brand new
You see, she's a very extraordinary sort of female, woman
You know the type
AIN'T NO TELLING (WHAT TOMORROW WILL BRING)
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Always when you think about it, nothing goes
Quite the way you wish it would do
Even when you think that you have got it made
Someone else has gone and made it too
Usually the first thing you do each day
Isn't different to the last
Even if the same things are happening here
That have happened in the past
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
Or which way it's gonna go
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
But you can be there (be there)
After the day before
Never mind the weather if the sun don't shine
Well and good and good if it's clear
Seems to me we'd all be at a loss for words
If the weather was to disappear
Losing isn't always a pretty sight
Especially when you go for gold
Still it's only one jump in your life
And with many more to unfold
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
Or which way it's gonna go
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
Just like in Norway (Norway)
There's Nor-way you could know
I wonder what would happen
If all the hills were flattened
And somebody requested a push
How would they go about it
Without a hill I doubt it
A push however hard is enough
Even if a push came to shove
Making all the right moves in excess
Doesn't mean your race is won
Even if your right shoe is on your left
Even if your left's undone
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
Or which way it's gonna go
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
But you can be there (be there)
After the day before
(There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring)
Or which way it's gonna go
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
(That's why we love it so)
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
Could be I don't know
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
Will it be sunshine (sunshine), showers (showers)
A basket of flowers
There's no way you could know
(There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring)
Or which way it's gonna go
There ain't no telling what tomorrow will bring
ALONE AGAIN (NATURALLY)
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
In a little while from now
If I’m not feeling any less sour
I promise myself to treat myself
And visit a nearby tower
And climbing to the top will throw myself off
In an effort to make it clear to who
Ever what it’s like when you’re shattered
Left standing in the lurch at a church
Where people saying "My God, that’s tough
She's stood him up
No point in us remaining
We may as well go home"
As I did on my own
Alone again, naturally
To think that only yesterday
I was cheerful, bright and gay
Looking forward to well who wouldn’t do
The role I was about to play
But as if to knock me down
Reality came around
And without so much, as a mere touch
Cut me into little pieces
Leaving me to doubt
Talk about God in his mercy
Who if he really does exist
Why did he desert me in my hour of need
I truly am indeed
Alone again, naturally
It seems to me that there are more hearts
Broken in the world that can’t be mended
Left unattended
What do we do? What do we do?
Alone again, naturally
Now looking back over the years
And whatever else that appears
I remember I cried when my father died
Never wishing to hide the tears
And at sixty-five years old
My mother, God rest her soul
Couldn’t understand why the only man
She had ever loved had been taken
Leaving her to start with a heart so badly broken
Despite encouragement from me
No words were ever spoken
And when she passed away
I cried and cried all day
Alone again, naturally
Alone again, naturally
ANYTIME
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Anytime you need a friend
Anytime you're at an end
Call on me and I'll be there with you
Just my luck if you don't want me to
Don't leave me in a spin
You know the state I'm in, too
Anytime, anytime, anytime will do
Anytime your heart is sad
Anytime you're feeling bad
Say the word and I'll be on my way
Just my luck if I'm not home that day
It doesn't have to be
Now and forever it's true
Anytime, anytime, anytime will do
What's the use of me
Pretending I'm with you
When all I get is in effect
What in effect I knew
Don't keep me anymore
Although I'm longing for you
Anytime, anytime, anytime will do
What's the use of me
Pretending I'm with you
When all I get is I suspect
What I suspect I knew
Anytime you need a friend
Anytime you're at an end
Call on me and I'll be at your side
Just my luck if it should be denied
Don't leave me in a spin
You know the state I'm in too
It doesn't have to be
Now and forever it's true
Don't keep me anymore
When all I want is want you
Anytime, anytime, anytime will do
Anytime, anytime, anytime will do
BREAKFAST, DINNER AND TEA
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
All I ever get from you is breakfast dinner and tea
Served with all the love that you possess
So tomorrow I'll be off with nothing left in me
Bar a helping of your tenderness
People said before we met how good you could be
Especially at well that they just didn't say
So I let my imagination get the better of me
Not thinking I would regret that very day
Now I'm mixed up with a girl
Who believe me cooks like a pro
But outside of that
It's no good at what she should be, loving me
Now I'm mixed up with a girl
Who believe me cooks like a pro
But outside of that
It's no good at what she should be
All I ever get from you is breakfast dinner and tea
Served with all the love that you possess
So tomorrow I'll be off with nothing left in me
Bar a helping of your tenderness
All I ever get from you is breakfast dinner and tea
Breakfast dinner and tea
CALL ON ME
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
When you're feeling blue
You don't know what to do
Just call on me
I'll make it worth your while
I'll always be at home
You'll never be alone
As long as I'm there with you
By your side
Now when the moon is high
Above there in the sky
Just knock upon my door
And I'll be with you
No matter where you go
Just come and let me know
I hold your hand
And when alone I'll kiss you
With you I feel happy
When I know that I'll never change my mind
With me you can be
Any hour (any hour), day or night (day or night)
Call on me girl, (call on me)
Anytime you like, like
So if you feel today
You'd rather get away
To someplace where you know
You won't be lonely
Just call on me and see
How happy you will be
I'll make you feel
You life's just for me only
With you I feel happy
When I know that I'll never change my mind
With me you can be
Any hour (any hour), day or night (day or night)
Call on me girl, (call on me)
Anytime you like, like
So if you feel today
You'd rather get away
To some place where you know
You won't be lonely
Just call on me and see
How happy you will be
I'll make you feel
You life's just for me only
And from all of us here
It's goodbye
I'll now hand you over to the 'A' side
I hope that you enjoyed my little 'B'
If you haven't well what can I say
Except I hope that you like the 'A'
If you haven't well what can I say
Except I hope that you like the 'A'
CHRISTMAS SONG
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas
I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas
All I'm dreaming of the whole day long
Is a peaceful one
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year
To those of you who live in fear
And let us hope that very soon
The peace you seek will then resume
I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas
I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas
All I'm dreaming of the whole day long
Is a peaceful one (peaceful one)
(I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas)
(I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas)
(All I'm dreaming of the whole day long)
(Is a peaceful one)
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year
To those of you who live in fear
And let us hope that very soon
The peace you seek will then resume
I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas
I'm not dreaming of a white Christmas
All I'm dreaming of the whole day long
Is a peaceful, peaceful one
COULDN'T GET ARRESTED
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Out of a job like
Sat on my bum
Tried unemployment
It was no fun
Said they were full up
Could I go back
So out of desperation I tried begging
Practiced a little bit and hit the street
But I couldn't get arrested
No I couldn't be bought
I couldn't get arrested
Even when I was caught
Went to a party
Looking for a date
The place was a buzzin'
The women looked great
Tried all the usual
Chat 'em up lines
Some thought it good when I said let's do it
One even managed to force a smile
But I couldn't get arrested
No I couldn't be bought
I couldn't get arrested
Even when I was caught
Why if you think about it always
Why is it always far too late
Why is it always men can do it
Why do you just sit back and wait
Why is it better than appointments????
Such a pathetic line to take
Saw in the papers, wanted "A Man"
Thought that it suited me
I think a good plan
Went for the interview
It seemed to go well
I saw them all at my male credentials
One lady present was overweight
But I couldn't get arrested
No I couldn't be bought
I couldn't get arrested
Even when I was caught
Under the rules of our engagement
You cannot marry me unless
I issue you a formal statement
That indicates my willingness
Oh for the days of where's your finger
This is a ring for can you guess?
Went to the police
Said it's no fun
Everybody doing it
And I'm getting none
Looked at me quizzically
Said "there's a good lad"
I said where as I kicked a bobby
He and another they chased me round
But I couldn't get arrested
No I couldn't be bought
I couldn't get arrested
Even when I was caught
But I couldn't get arrested
Went from zero to naught
I couldn't get arrested
Even when I was caught
DISAPPEAR
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I was asking for a drink last night
Never noticing that things just weren't quite right
But the bartender said you look queer
So disappear
Before I realised what I'd be through
A girl came up to me and said "I love you"
But I whispered gently in her ear
To disappear
What is wrong with everyone in this town
That's what I am asking me
And to my reply it's bound to be
Something I'll never forget
Left alone once this will happen again
But if it did, I'd know right there and then
I would pack everything I have here
And disappear
DOING WHAT I KNOW
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing
But I always end up doing what I know
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing
But I always end up doing what I know
And It's amazing when you think of it
How many people smoke
Despite the risks that are involved
There's really very little hope
Without them we just couldn't cope
Couldn't cope, neither could we
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing
But I always end up doing what I know
Doing what I know, doing what I know
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing
But I always end up doing what I know
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing
But I always end up doing what I know
Have you ever wondered
What would happen in a third world war
No sooner would it have begun
Than it would be all over
Just look over your shoulder, your shoulder
It's above your knees
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing
But I always end up doing what I know
And what I know, may not I know be a great deal
But what I know nobody can take
Nobody can take, nobody can take away from me
No, no, no, away from me, no, no, no
I am doing what I know, doing what I know
Sometimes I think I don't know what I'm doing
But I always end up doing what I know
Away we go doing what I know
Away we go doing what I know
Away we go doing what I know
DON'T BOTHER AT ALL
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Went and left me on my own before
Said you don't want me round anymore
Found some other fool to come and care for you
Now you're back and though my heart is sad
You still want me but honey I'm still mad at you
So baby don't bother at all
When I see you walking down the street
I feel so sorry for the one you meet
Now I know what you are like and what you can do
That was then and now you're at my door
What can I tell you that I haven't before, we're through
So baby don't bother at all
From a bird eye's view to a T-bone steak
From up above to below the human race
Have about as much respect for each other as we still have
In the moon for the wrong southside of you
Still remember how you used to care
Take you with me almost everywhere
Seems so funny that to think you'd be untrue
But the day you ran away with him
You made a fool of me and that I think is cruel
So baby don't bother at all
A bed of roses supposing it doesn't exist
Would you believe I believe that believing in this
Is like a suit on a groom and the bride he's going to wed
Well instead go asleep in separate beds
Went and left me on my own before
Said you don't want me 'round anymore
Found another fool to come and care for you
Now you're back and though my heart is sad
You still want me but honey I'm still mad at you
So baby don't bother at all
So baby don't bother at all
So baby don't bother at all
DOWN, DOWN, DOWN
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Well little beau peep didn't lose any sleep
Trying to make it with the sheep of the town
What she did instead was to lose her head
While they put her in sox of a human catapult
Going down, down, down, down, down
Going down, down, down, down, down
Going down, down, down, down, down
Stanley had a girlfriend
Who was given to him
Which would take him on a journey around
Well all he had to do was to see
I presumed to a fella who was known as Doctor Livingstone
Going down, down, down, down, down
Going down, down, down, down, down
Going down, down, down, down, down
You better listen to me girl
I've got nothing to say
You better watch your step 'cause baby
I could very easily run away
Mary had a lamb chop for her dinner
But her supper fell to the ground (off)
So every day for dinner she got to spend
Every penny she got doing I don't know what
Going down, down, down, down, down
Going down, down, down, down, down
Going down, down, down, down, down
You better listen to me girl
I've got nothing to say
You better watch your step 'cause baby
I could very easily run away
Well little beau peep didn't lose any sleep
Trying to make it with the sheep of the town
What she did instead was to lose her head
While they put her in sox of a human catapult
Going down, down, down, down, down
Going down, down, down, down, down
Going down, down, down, down, down
EVERYBODY KNOWS
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Everybody knows that the world is round
That is everybody 'cept me
'Cause I ain't been told
So why should I be forced to believe
That the feet I wear are meant to bare
Pieces of leather that shine
No that can't be true
'Cause I can find a piece to fit mine
When I walk down town
Dressed up like a clown
People they just burst into tears
Lift their heads and whisper in my ears
Cover up your toes 'cause everybody knows
When I walk down town
Dressed up like a clown
People they just burst into tears
Lift their heads and whisper in my ears
Cover up your toes 'cause everybody knows
That the state we're in is about to begin
And it that's not enough you try
To balance a plate
While eating any granny's smelly mince pie
When I walk down town
Dressed up like a clown
People they just burst into tears
Lift their heads and whisper in my ears
Cover up your toes 'cause everybody knows
GOOD COMPANY
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
My doctor told me if my headache gets much worse
The best thing that I can do is get myself a nurse
Let her give me the kiss of life and after that
You watch my headache disappear three seconds flat
And as you know, I don't really want you to go (no, no)
For I would much rather you stay with me
Be on hand when I need good company
The other morning I forget now where I'd been
Some fella cornered me said "hey man what's your scene?"
I told him frankly that I wasn't in a play
And that if I was I wouldn't give my scene away
And as you know I don't really want you to go (no, no)
For I would much rather you stay with me
Be on hand when I need good company
Altogether everybody turn and touch your toes
When I stop to give the signal
That's when I would like you
That's when I would like you
To go ooh, ooh
Muhammad Ali better known as Cassius Clay
Boy what a boxer he was and still is today
I had a go myself once thought that I was him
But unlike Muhammad baby I could never win
And as you know I don't really want you to go (no, no)
For I would much rather you stay with me
Be on hand when I need good company
Much rather you stay with me
Be on hand when I need good company
HAPPINESS IS ME AND YOU
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
When the evening is over
Put your head upon my shoulder
And I'll tell you something
I believe is true
Happiness is me and you
In a world so distorted
Where the worst is best reported
Love may be something
That will see us through
Happiness is me and you
There may be girls that I remember
Who've made me happy for a while
But none of them compare with you my love
How ever hard they all may try
If the bus that we're taking
Has for ages kept us waiting
What does it matter
Even in a queue
Happiness is me and you
There may be days that you'll discover
I'm not the man you think I'm am
But through it all we will recover
Without the aid of any plan
When the weeks turn to hours
And in June it's April showers
I'll tell you something
I believe is true
Happiness is me and you
Happiness is me and you
Happiness is me and you
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I didn't know what to do
And I didn't know where to go
'Cause when I looked at you
I saw that it was snow on the ground
And not me pretending that I was a bee
Fresh from Antarctica frozen to ice
Mother dear I want some sound advice
'Cause I didn't know what to do
And I didn't know where to go
But someone looked at me
And said politely growing a beard
Can be fun, let me show you how it is done
I said don't bother I'd rather go see
Uncle George and Auntie Marge help me
'Cause I didn't know what to do
When you said, you were ready to go away
And they'll stay
Until such a time permit me to say
Oh I love you
People are staring, they don't understand
Cousin Mary please give me your hand
'Cause I didn't know what to do
And I didn't know where to go
I DON'T LOVE YOU BUT I THINK I LIKE YOU
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go
You say you love me, I say you do
You say believe me I say it's true
If there's a question you'd like to raise
It really depends on how much it weights
I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go
We are the champions, we are the few
We stick together all the way through
We don't like people telling us off
Hand on your mouth boy when you cough
Hand on your mouth boy when you cough
I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go
I'll be your hinges, you be my door
You'll beg your pardon, I'll beg for more
If there's a knock and you're on your own
Tell them you're sorry, but no one's home
Tell them you're sorry, but no one's home
I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go
I don't love you but I think I like you
Think I like you and I think you know
I don't want you but I do desire you
Do desire you and I won't let go
I HAVE MY COAT TO KEEP ME WARM
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Well I've waited now for what three whole weeks
And she hasn't called me up once
Had I known she liked me as much as this
I wouldn't have prayed she'd rung
Keep your love I don't need it
As the day begins to dawn
I have my coat to keep me warm
If it weren't so much that we needed them
Then I think that I'd do without
Now I know what's meant when a heart is broke
And what all the fuss is about
Keep your distance I've told you
For at least when there's a storm
I have my coat to keep me warm
And a coat won't hurt you
It won't desert you
It will not let you down come to think of it
Even if it doesn't fit
I have my coat to keep me warm
And a coat won't hurt you
It won't desert you
It's always by your side if you needed it
Really that's how good it is
Put your faith in someone and what do you get
Well if you're as lucky as me
You'll be made to look like a piece of dirt
Spelt S.H.I.T.
Could be worse don't I know it
And even if the sleeves are torn
I have my coat to keep me warm
I have my coat to keep me warm
Better off out of love than in it
Causes nothing but sorrow and pain
I'd recommend that of course you try it
Then again then again
I'LL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
You gave your love so tenderly
Said there could be no one but for me
And all the time you had it planned
To spend your weekend with another man
What kind of love do you call this
I cannot live my life on promises
You say your lesson has been learned
It's over now as far as you're concerned
Well I'll believe it when I see it
I'll believe it when I see it
If I can't have you when I want to
Then I might just as well be dead
I don't think I can live my life
Sharing you with someone else
You told our children on the phone
How much you hated leaving them alone
Yet for the past few weeks or so
You never phoned them just to say hello
You disappointed me so much
Does it surprise you that I bear a grudge
In spite of promises you broke
You still insist that there's a ray of hope
Well I'll believe it when I see it
I'll believe it when I see it
If we can't survive and live our lives
The way we both intended to
We might just as well stop right now
What good would going on do
(I'll believe it when I see it)
Oh, you know I try to understand
(I'll believe it when I see it)
'Cause that's the kind of man I am
(If I can't have you), if I can't have you
(When I want to) oh when I want to,
(Then I just might as well be dead)
Oh, I might just as well be dead
I don't think that I can live my life
Sharing you with someone else
(I'll believe it when I see it)
Baby, baby, what else can I do
(I'll believe it when I see it)
You don't know how much
I'm in love with you,
(If we can't survive), if we can't survive
(And live our lives), oh and live our lives
(The way we both intended to)
The way we both intended to
We might just as well stop right now
What good would going on do
IN A NUTSHELL
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I'll may leave you for just a second
Just a second if that's okay
May last a little under an hour
All depends on how long I stay
Only when it's someone who's close does
Cancer hit you just like a bomb
Must be the only the disease on earth
Guaranteed to kill everyone
Watching and waiting, mistaking the pun
For one that was never intended
Once they assure you it's all based on fact
You can be sure it's invented
I've got nothing but for tomorrow
No no don't get me wrong what I mean
It's not that I'll will be without my clothes
But that if you want me well I'll be free
Wishing and hoping and hoping and praying
That it will soon stop raining
There's nothing worse than a cricketer's ball
Stuck in the mud complaining
I may wake up to find you sleeping
Not in your bed but mine I know
It's only a dream but what's wrong with that (ain't it)
Better than finding you on the floor (ain't it)
Better than finding you on the
For in my room there's someone's ceiling
Not only that but there's someone at the door
Will they stop it well, I unlock it well
In a nutshell
I, I won't
IN OTHER WORDS
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Well come on everybody it is time we were going
I've got a whole lot of lovin' and it's suddenly growing
I get up, I go out, I come in , roundabout
After that ain't no doubt
You can never skin a rabbit when he's off and running
In other words
He's so cunning
I say love what ye doing if ye don't mind me asking
You either lead me to ruin or leading me in passing
Either way I propose with a ring I suppose
After that heaven knows
No matter how you go about it
It's the same old story
In other words
Love and glory
In other words
Same old story
In other words
Love no glory
Don't mind people eating fast food
Don't give a damn about the damn cube
Except when a kid of maybe nine demonstrates how
You get up, go to school
Pay attention to rules
If you're smart don't be cruel
You can never for what ever reason
Move a mountain
In other words
Just go 'round them
In other words
Move a mountain
In other words
Just go 'round them
Don't mind people eating fast food
Don't give a damn about the damn cube (you're never there)
Well come on everybody it is time we were going
I said I love what you're brewing but I care what you're growing
I get up, I go out, I come in , roundabout
After that ain't no doubt
You can never skin a rabbit when he's off and running
In other words
He's so cunning
In other words
Same old story
In other words
Love and glory
NO MATTER HOW I TRY
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
No matter how I try
I just can't say goodbye
No matter what you say hey
Looks like I'm here to stay
No matter where I go
I don't know if you know
But everywhere we've been
I'm kept in quarantine
It's easy to see why
She's over six foot five
I'm only five feet two
Is there a tyre somewhere
That might take me as a spare?
Is there a bank in town
That might cash me as a pound?
Is there a place you know
Where I can up and go
It's easy to see why
She's over six foot five
I'm only five feet two
Is there a tyre somewhere
That might take me as a spare?
Is there a bank in town
That might cash me as a pound?
Is there a place you know
Where I can up and go
I remember our first anniversary
It was one of those occasions where believe you me
I would rather have been held ransom at the point of a gun
Then to suffer indignation for something I hadn't done
No matter how I try
I just can't say goodbye
No matter what you say
Looks like I'm here to stay
Looks like I'm here to stay
OOH-WAKKA-DOO-WAKKA-DAY
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I want to tell you
I might as well do
About a girl I met back in May
Her name is Rita
And you should see her
When she goes
Ooh-wakka-doo-wakka-day
She's got a brother
Like any other
Who got his nose caught
Inside a gate
And when they freed him
It so relieved him
He just went
Ooh-wakka-doo-wakka-day
You wouldn't think to look at me
That I was strong but underneath it all
I really am
And just prove it why only the other day
I picked a needle up with one hand
Now up in Bradford
A chap named Radford
While taking part in a local play
Was intercepted and then suspected of going
Ooh-wakka-doo-wakka-day-ay-ay-ay
Who's that lady I saw you with?
It was not your wife
It looked to me suspiciously like
Someone I have never seen before in my life
Do...do...do
It's not surprising when
You come to think of it
Just what it is that makes people swear
You only have to sing the wrong bleepin' thing
And there'll be bleeping every bleeping where
Now if you love me
You're not above me
And if you don't well
What can I say
Except we'll see when
You come to tea then
You can go
Ooh-wakka-doo
Wakka-ooh
Wakka-doo
Wakka-ooh
Wakka-doo
Wakka-day
SAVE IT
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Save it for your children
This love that you have got
Forget me now that I am sure
It's you that I want not
Save if for your loved ones
Who come to you each day
No matter what you do to them
They'll never have to say
That I don't love you anymore
Still I don't care
Somebody else can love you more
I won't be there
Save it for another
Who's asking for your love
The only one who knows the truth
Will never know enough
Save it for the priest then
Who might one day say to you
"Do you take this man for your husband?"
Answer him "I do"
And you'll be happy
Just like I was when I left you
There's only one thing
Left for me to do forget you
And I will so help me
Ever if it means that I'll have to
Take a trip abroad
Where it's thought perhaps the change
Might do me good
Knew it should
Save it for the morning
That starts another day
If you have learnt your lesson
Someone else won't have to pay
Save it and remember
Your carefree days are through
No longer can you take somebody
And break his heart in two
For everyone knows
That you treated me unfair
Although I think about you inside me
I don't care anymore
TAKING A CHANCE ON LOVE
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I wanted to give her my heart
But as the doctor observed
What could she do with it
Then when she said we must part
Albeit for only an hour
Couldn't go through with it
I was unhappy till she came along
Suddenly problems
That seems insurmountable
Left in a huff
You can be sure
When you know you're
Taking a chance on love
What would you do if like me
You had the girl of your dreams
Only you blew it
How do you think you would feel
Looking back and saying to yourself
That was so stupid
I don't know what makes
The perfect romance
Could be as simple as tickling her toes
When you're both in the tub
You'll never lose
Not when you choose
Taking a chance on love
When will you find it?
Will it be true?
What is the answer?
I wish that I knew
Somebody's partner
Whose wife is a friend
Illustrates just what I mean
I was so set in my ways
Had someone followed me home
They could have beat me there
Never believed in the phrase
That you haven't lived till you've loved
Oh, I didn't seem to care
Call me old fashioned but I still aspire
Standing with her
In a church full of people
A priest up above
Saying I do
Her saying it, too
Taking a chance on
No one can tell you it isn't a game
Taking a chance on love
You win some you lose some
It's never the same
Taking a chance on love
Ooh, love
Well, even if wrong
Oh, I still go on
Taking a chance on love
Taking a chance on love
Taking a chance on love ooh
TELL ME WHY
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I don't want you hanging round outside my door
I don't want you hanging round anymore
If you'd only tell me why you did lie
Baby please baby please baby one time
Tell me why anyway you want to
Tell me why anyway you choose
Tell me why anyway you want to
Please baby please baby this time
Baby please baby please baby
Why don't you try
You've got to be honest if our love's to pay
You've got to be truthful
Ain't no other way
If you'd only tell me why you cheated and lied
Baby please baby please baby one more time
Tell me why anyway you want to
Tell me why anyway you choose
Tell me why anyway you want to
Please baby please baby one more time
Baby please baby please baby tell me why, tell me why
Tell me why anyway you want to
Tell me why anyway you choose
Tell me why anyway you want to
Please baby please baby tell me why
Baby please baby please baby
So I don't want you hanging round outside my door
And I don't want you hanging round anymore
But If you'd only tell me why you did lie
Baby please baby please baby why don't you try
Tell me why anyway you want to
Tell me why anyway you choose
Tell me why anyway you want to
Please baby please baby one more time
Baby please baby please baby tell me why, tell me why
Tell me why
Tell me why
Tell me why
THAT'S A FACT
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I could dance all night
I could shake with delight
It's as simple as that and that's a fact
I could squeeze your hand
I could give a command
It's so good to be back and that's a fact
You can be as cool as you like
You can be as wrong as you are right
It don't matter much to me
Either way it's free
I could dance all night
I could shake with delight
It's as simple as that and that's a fact
One and one are two, that's a fact
The sky above is blue and that's a fact
Put it in the act
You got a little woman and she's aware of that
All right, right, right
I could dance all night 'til I'm whacked
And that's a fact
All night until I'm whacked
You can be as cool as you like
You can be as wrong as you are right
It don't matter much to me
Either way it's free
I could dance all night
I could shake with delight
It's as simple as that and that's a fact
One and one are two, that's a fact
The sky above is blue and that's a fact
Put it in the act
You got a little woman and she's aware of that
All right, right, right
I could dance all night 'til I'm whacked
And that's a fact
All night until I'm whacked
I could dance all night 'til I'm whacked
And that's a fact
THERE ARE OTHERS
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
There are others in this world besides me
Yet you never seem to worry about them
There are other girls to keep you company
Yet the only one you want amongst them is me
So I love you
Like I love you
And I'll hold you
Like I do
And if anybody ever tries to tell me differently
I'll really show them just how much a man I can be
There are other kinds of girls to be loved
And the same goes for the men that they will marry
But if the girl I take pride in is not enough
I should be left on my own to myself
So I love you
(So I love you)
Like I love you
(Like I love you)
And I'll hold you
(And I'll hold you)
Like I do
(Like I do)
And if anybody ever tries to tell me differently
I'll really show them just how much a man I can be
All I've wanted throughout life
I've found, when I'm with you
That's why I want you to be my bride
And I know that you'll agree 'cause you love me
Seven hundred times I've asked you how you feel
About being the girl who's only loved by me
And a thousand times I've got the same reply
It just makes me feel so good I wanna cry
Now I love you
(Now I love you)
Like I love you
(Like I love you)
And I'll hold you
(And I'll hold you)
Like I do
(Like I do)
And if anybody ever tries to tell me differently
I'll really show them just how much a man I can be
I'll really show them just how much a man I can be
Do do
TO CUT A LONG STORY SHORT
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I had a woman that loved me true
To cut a long story short
We got married on our honeymoon
To cut a long story short
Now we're together I'm afraid no more
To cut a long story short
Like billions of other people we're divorced
To cut a long story short
I don't believe that you can possibly
Give more than you get
Unless you talk about taxation
And the money that you care to bet
When I've got a problem I wanna solve
To cut a long story short
I simply go out and have a game of golf
To cut a long story short
But I read a book that the book was great
To cut a long story short
It got a fine class of people like the chamber maid
To cut a long story short
I don't see how you could possibly
Take what you can get
When to gain what you take
And then you really got to sweat
I don't believe that you can possibly
Give more than you get
Unless you talk about taxation
And the money that you care to bet
I've got a girlfriend her name is Jill
To cut a long story short
She doesn't take chances
So she takes the pill
To cut a long story short
I'm really positive that she is mine
To cut a long story short
Now I'm getting married for the second time
To cut a long story short
I don't see how you could possibly
Take what you can get
When to gain what you take
And then you really got to sweat
TOO BAD
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
It's too bad you couldn't come
It's too bad you decided to stay away
(Too bad baby)
It's too bad you couldn't come
It's too bad I really thought you were okay
(Too bad baby)
You admit you were wrong
That you knew all along
Yet you still had the nerve
To go leading me on
It's too bad baby
But not especially for me
It's no good us going on
It's no good you trying to soft soap me
(No good baby)
It's no good I'm telling you
It's no good all we ever do is disagree
(No good baby)
What am I supposed to do
How can I forgive you
If you won't even bother
To tell me the truth
It's no good baby
But not especially for me
I wanna say I've enjoyed
All the night we've employed
And the pleasure it's given me
But I cannot except with the greatest respect
Anybody to two timing me
Do I make myself perfectly clear
It's too bad you couldn't come
It's too bad you decided to stay away
(Too bad baby)
It's too bad you couldn't come
It's too bad I really thought you were okay
(Too bad baby)
Said you'd be there at nine
Well I got there on time
But you didn't show up
Because you changed your mind
It's too bad baby
But not especially for me
Too bad for you and not for me
(Too bad baby)
And not for me
(Too bad baby)
Too bad for you and not for me baby
Too bad baby
Too bad baby
UNDERNEATH THE BLANKET GO
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I don't know if you've heard the news but I'm a boy
Who's got himself a problem so big it's no joy
You see I've something that people claim
Could bring me fortune and instant fame
A face so ugly you could hardly blame
Anybody here for saying so
I think I'll bury myself deep beneath the ground
And come up only when there's no one else around
And if by chance someone approaches me
And that someone happens to be a she
You can bet your life in time of worry
I wouldn't hesitate but to be that way
Oh why can't girls just look at me and smile
Instead of looking at me as though
I will turn my head and before I go to bed
Gaily underneath the blanket go
I've even wrote to Marjorie Proops, but she can't help
The best that she could offer me was disguise yourself
Well this I've done would you believe not twice
But more than once in fact I think it was nice
So much so when I'm inclined to hurry
I wouldn't hesitate but to be that way
WE WILL
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
It's over now, you've had your fun
Get up them stairs go on quickly don't run
Take off your shoes the both of you's
And leave them down outside the door
Turn the landing light off, no wait, leave it on it
It might make the night that much easier to be gone
And in the morning who'll be wide awake
And eating snow flakes oh as opposed to those flakes
(We will) we will (we will) we will
That afternoon we spend the day
With uncle Frank (remember?) and his wife auntie May
Well do you know since then I've received
Up to four letters all of which repeat the same, yeah yeah yeah
They say thrilled to bits, can't believe you came
We've relived it both over time and time again
And if there's ever a chance of even half
You might be our way would you promise to stay
(We will) we will (we will) we will
Yeah yeah yeah
Its not easy pretending that you cannot hear
Once you've suffered the affliction within
It's no use in an ending
To proclaim from the start
That the moral of the story's to begin
On Sunday next if the weather holds
We'll have that game with I bagsy being in goal
Not because I'm good or because I think I should
It's just that well at my age I think standing still
Would really suit me best do we all agree?
Hands up those who do, hands up those who don't
I see well in that case
Will we please be kind enough
If not on Sunday, to go to mass on Monday
(We will) we will (we will ) we will yeah yeah yeah (we will)
WHAT CAN I DO
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I can take the sun and make it shine for me
Mathematic problems they're so easy
But you make me so mad
What can I do?
Since I met you I can't let you out of sight
For another man to discover you're alright
And if he makes you glad
What can I do?
When I'm so much in love with you
Yes no matter what you do
I'll never change my mind
My vacation's recreation time for me
But the last one is the last one I'll be free
'Cause you make me so mad
What can I do?
All my life I've wanted someone just like you
But if seeing is believing, it's not true
'Cause you make me so mad
What can I do?
When I'm so much in love with you
Yes no matter what you do
I'll never change my mind
I'll never change my mind
No no no
Change my mind
Never ever change my mind
What can I do?
WHY, OH WHY, OH WHY
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Why is it you must be so very cruel to me
In order to me kind
Why when I hold you close do you insist your toes
Are being stood on by mine
Why when I kiss your lips do you astound me
Saying that you won't put your arms around me
No one should be that cold
Whatever I've done surely I've a right to know
Oh why, oh why, oh why
Why is it every time we visit friends of mine
You never want to go
Why when I'm feeling good you act as if
I should be at an all time low
Why after all these years we've been together
Must you behave as if we'd hardly ever spoken
Let alone met
It seems that you're happy as long as I'm upset
Oh why, oh why, oh why
Is it that you don't love me oh why
Have you just had enough of me oh why
Do I have cry myself to sleep
Seven days a week
Why in the name of God are you so angry
Could It be that you can no longer stand me
Tell me and I will go
You're breaking my heart just in case you didn't know
Oh why, oh why, oh why
YOU
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Each time that I see you
I believe you'll be mine
It may sound ridiculous
But this is what I'm
Getting satisfaction from
I don't care how stupid or wrong
It is as long as I'm in touch with you
Why don't you for one day
Won't you ask me to take
You out somewhere to some place there'll be
Time to make
Our's a lasting relationship
I dreamt both night and day that it is true
I hope for my sake you
Realise everything I have said to you today is true
And I guarantee tomorrow I will act this way if you
Let me take you somewhere in the distance
Where resistance is low
You must agree you won't make me settle for no
As a reply I'm telling you
I always try until I do see the time
When I can call you mine
YOU ARE YOU
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
You're every dream I've ever dreamt
You are by far the only apartment
That I'd ever care to rent
You're like Doctor Kissenger
On a peace trip or two
But most important of all
You are you
You're like a painting by Cézanne
A tin of soup by Andy Warhol
A sonata by Chopin
You're like the Queen of England
Not forgetting the Duke
But most important of all
You are you
I'm no genius when it comes to world affairs
On the other hand when I am with you who cares
As you can see
You're my priority
But most important of all
You are you
I don't suppose that there's the slightest little chance
You might allow me to consummate our romance
Know what, you're a supersonic flight
A song by Lennon and McCartney
A Muhammad Ali fight
You're like Brigitte Bardot
No way Danny La Rue
But most important of all
You are you
Yes most important of all
You are, you are, you are you
YOU BETTER RUN
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
I never thought that I'd live to see the day
And here am I in love and the feeling is great
And nothing can persuade me to give it a rest
And when I see your love light I suggest
You better run, you better hide
And baby don't you know it but the moment's arrived
You better run, you better hide
'Cause the truth don't matter
A man's gonna get you inside
(No, no, is gonna get you inside, inside)
Met you for the first time
Thought you were great
Met you for the next and I knew right away
Nothing can excite me the way that you can
And when I get that feeling, tired as I am
You better run, you better hide
And baby don't you know it but the moment's arrived
You better run, you better hide
'Cause I am not gonna sit around waiting my turn
Always been a weakness far as I'm concerned
This time I'm gonna take the bull
Don't say that you're not the one
Don't it grab you by the horns
By the horns
Been a lot of hearts beating well out of time
Nothing odd about that one of them's mine
The temperature is rising, heat up the floor
And when I see your love light starting to glow
You better run, you better hide
And baby don't you know it but the moment you rise
You better run, you better hide
'Cause the truth don't matter where a lie's concerned
If you have a tendency to get burned
My reasons for chasing you
Are very easy to describe
Everything you have I like
Everything you have I like, I like
Never thought I'd get so I couldn't sit down
And never thought I'd feel so like running around
And you could be as cool as you think that you are
But when I see your love light enter my heart
You better run, you better hide
And baby don't you know it but the moment's arrived
You better run, you better hide
And baby don't you know it but the moment's arrived
You better run, you better hide
And baby don't you know it but the moment's arrived
You better run, you better hide
'Cause the truth don't matter
A man's gonna get you inside
(No, no, is gonna get you inside, inside)
You better run, you better hide
You better run, you better hide
You better run, you better hide
You better run, you better hide
YOU DON'T HAVE TO TELL ME
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
You don't have to tell me
You've got something on your mind
Because I've seen it there
So many time before
And you don't have to tell me
Just what it is that's on your mind
For I'm inclined to agree with me
There must be something wrong
A subtle breeze
A stand at ease
Won't dislocate my arm
But what could and quite easily would break my heart
Is you implying that this time I'm (sorry)
I have gone too far
But if that's true
Then why are you acting as you are
So you don't have to tell me
You've got something on your mind
Because I've seen it there
So many time before
And you won't have to tell me
Just what it is that's on your mind
For I'm inclined to agree with me
There must be something wrong
A subtle breeze
A stand at ease
Won't dislocate my arm
But what could and quite easily would break my heart
Is you implying that this time I'm ( sorry)
I have gone too far
But if that's true
Then why are you acting as you are
So you don't have to tell me
You've got something on your mind
Because I've seen it there
So many time before
And you don't have to tell me
Just what it is that's on your mind
For I'm inclined to agree with me
There must be something wrong
YOU NEVER LISTEN TO REASON
[MUSIC & LYRICS BY GILBERT O'SULLIVAN]
Hey baby what's that you say
I didn't know that you felt that way
You got a problem let me solve it
You can be my world baby I'll revolve it
I like the way you wear your dress
You have a style cut above the rest
Your kiss is sweet, so warm and tender
Anything you want baby I will render
But there are times I think you know when
You never listen to reason
If there's one thing about you that I can't stand
You never listen to
You never listen to
You never listen to reason
Come on baby don't be so mean
Give me some of that old routine
I like the one where you spin the bottle
Really love the one with nothing on at all
I don't know if I should tell you this
But every time that we start to kiss
I get so hot under the collar
Anywhere you lead baby I will follow
But there are times I think you know when
You never listen to reason
If there's one thing about you that I can't stand
You never listen to
You never listen to
You never listen to reason
Come on baby don't be so childish
Look me in the eye when you speak
You know I worship the ground you walk on
Even when I'm out walking in my sleep
I like the way you wear your dress
You have a style cut above the rest
Your kiss is sweet, so warm and tender
Victory is your baby I surrender
But there are times I think you know when
You never listen to reason
If there's one thing about you that I can't stand
You never listen to
You never listen to
You never listen to reason
You never listen to
You never listen to
You never listen to reason